Piers, Urns and Railings Along South and West Sides of Private Garden to South of Woburn Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. A Early C19 Garden boundary.

Piers, Urns and Railings Along South and West Sides of Private Garden to South of Woburn Abbey

WRENN ID
outer-jamb-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1987
Type
Garden boundary
OS grid reference
SP 964 324
Coordinates
51.98202, -0.59654
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The piers, urns, and railings along the south and west sides of the private garden to the south of Woburn Abbey date from the early 19th century. They are constructed from red brick, limestone, and cast iron. The structure features 12 piers topped with urns, with cast iron railings in between, extending approximately 65 meters along the west side and about 50 meters along the south side. The southern section is positioned at the edge of a ha-ha and includes a central curved section that projects southwards. The rectangular piers have moulded bases and caps, while the small bulbous urns feature simply moulded bases, gadrooned out-turned lips, and ball-friezes adorned with swags and drops. The railings are made up of trelliswork panels with ornamental borders, and the entire structure rests on a stone-coped brick plinth.

Local climate

Piers, Urns and Railings Along South and West Sides of Private Garden to South of Woburn Abbey sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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